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Advanced Server Software
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SSLFTP is a command line FTP client that
automatically uses the secure protocols for FTP transfer.
Please
note that we have named this program SSLFTP as a generic
name, there are other applications on the internet with an
identical name and differing program functionality.
- Requirements
- FAQ
- How to Upload a file
- How to Download a file
- sslftp
command line options
- FTP Transfer Mode
- I found a bug?
You need to have SSLFTP installed on your system, download it from the download page, and install it.
- Q: When I do a list, I don't see directory names?
- A: The
sslftp "ls" comand isn't supposed to, this is mimicked
behaviour of unix ftp clients, use "ls -l" or "dir" to see all
directory and file names.
You need to have a server to connect to and a username and password with which to log in.
- Start SSLFTP, and open the connection to the site name
- Log in with username and password
- Change to the destination directory
- Enable the Progress indicator so that you can see the file being transfered
- Set the mode of the transfer (either ascii for text/html file, or binary for images,zips,etc... check here for full list)
- Issue the put command with the file that you want to send.
- Look at the return value to see if it succeeded or not
- Close the connection
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Example:
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Step:
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| C:\files>sslftp sslftp> open myftpserver.com Connected to myftpserver.com 220 SurgeFTP myftpserver.com (Version 2.1z7) 234 Enabling SSL starting SSL/TLS secure protocol TLSv1 used. |
1) Start SSLFTP, and open the connection to the site name |
| (secure) User: jesse 331 Password required for jesse. (secure) Password: ****** 230- Alias Real path Access 230- / f:\home\test read+write 230 User jesse logged in. |
2) Log in with username and password |
| sslftp> cd files 250 CWD command successful now (/files) |
3) Change to the destination directory |
| sslftp> progress on Progress Indicator On |
4) Enable the Progress indicator so that you can see the file being transfered |
| sslftp> binary 200 Type set to I |
5) Set the mode of the transfer (either "ascii" for text/html file, or "binary" for images,zips,etc...) |
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sslftp> put sslftpi2-2b_windows.exe
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6) Issue the put command with the file that you want to send. |
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226 Transfer sslftpi2-2b_windows.exe complete. |
7) Look at the return value to see if it succeeded or not |
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sslftp> bye C:\files> |
8) Close the connection |
You need to have a server to connect to and a username and
password with which to log in.
If you dont have a username and password, use "anonymous" as the
username and anything for a password.
- Start SSLFTP, and open the connection to the site name
- Log in with username and password
- Change to the source directory
- Enable the Progress indicator so that you can see the file being transfered
- Set the mode of the transfer (either ascii for text/html file, or binary for images,zips,etc... check here for full list)
- Issue the get command with the file that you want to receive.
- Look at the return value to see if it succeeded or not
- Close the connection
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Exapmle:
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Step:
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| c:\files> c:\files>sslftp netwinsite.com -a -version -nossl sslftp Version 2.2b built on Jan 24 2003 Connected to netwinsite.com 220 SurgeFTP netwin1 (Version 2.1z7) 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. 230- Alias Real path Access 230- / /disk2/ftp read 230 User anonymous logged in. Successful "anonymous" login |
1) Start SSLFTP, and open the connection to the site name 2)Log in with username and password (done with -a flag for anonymous login) |
| ftp> cd pub/surgeftp 250 CWD command successful now (/pub/surgeftp) |
3) Change to the source directory |
| ftp> progress on Progress Indicator On |
4) Enable the Progress indicator so that you can see the file being transfered |
| ftp> status *2-1z7* 213-status of *2-1z7*: -rw-r--r-- 1 jesseftp jesseftp 2644656 Jan 15 20:43 surgeftp2-1z7_freebsd4.tar.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 jesseftp jesseftp 2834209 Jan 15 18:40 surgeftp2-1z7_linuxlibc6.tar.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 jesseftp jesseftp 2586112 Jan 15 22:43 surgeftp2-1z7_nt.exe -rw-r--r-- 1 jesseftp jesseftp 3380583 Jan 15 22:42 surgeftp2-1z7_solaris7.tar.Z 213 End of status |
Here I'm looking for the file I want, listing files of a specific version. |
| ftp> bin 200 Type set to I |
5)Set the mode of the transfer, I want binary mode! |
| ftp> autoconfirm on Automatic confirm is On. |
I set the auto confirm to ON, so I get confirmation I got the file correctly. |
| ftp> get surgeftp2-1z7_nt.exe progress (\) 2,586,112 bytes, 100.00%, 143.13 Kb/sec43.05 Kb/sec |
Issue the get command with the file that you want to receive. |
| 226 Transfer complete. -rw-r--r-- 1 jesseftp jesseftp 2586112 Jan 15 22:43 surgeftp2-1z7_nt.exe File sizes match! (2,586,112 bytes) |
7)Look at the return value to see if it succeeded or not: 226 Transfer complete. - the server sent the file right |
| ftp> bye 221 Closing connection - goodbye! Channel Closed. Bye :-) |
8) Close the connection |
| C:\files>dir *exe Volume in drive C is Local Disk Volume Serial Number is 6CC5-23A2 Directory of C:\files 01/23/2003 03:01p 1,060,271 sslftp.exe C:\files> |
I do a dos "dir" command to see the file I downloaded, its there :-) |
| Command | Description |
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/? |
Print Command line help |
| ? | Synonym for "help" |
| autoconfirm | Toggle automatic check that file transfered all bytes (off by default) |
| autoretry | Toggle Automatically retry uploading or downloading a file that did not transfer correctly (on by default) |
| ascii | Set ascii transfer mode |
| append | Continue an interupted upload. |
| binary | Set binary transfer mode |
| bye | Close any open FTP connection and exit SSLFTP |
| cd | Change remote working directory |
| compare | Compare local and remote file size. |
| debug | Toggle bebug information. |
| dir | List all remote files in remote current working directory with full details |
| close | Close any open FTP session, SSLFTP does not exit. |
| delete | Delete remote file |
| exit | Synonym for "bye" |
| fc | Compare local and remote file size. Works with ascii file size too. |
| get | Get file from remote to local. |
| hash | Toggle hashing on or off, or to specific value, when on, prints one "#" symbol for a certain amount of KB transfered. A very simple progress indicator, see "Progress" |
| help | Display Help information |
| implicit | Set implicit ftp port for ftp protocol, valid for next open command. |
| literal | Send a raw FTP command. |
| ls | List remote files in current remote working directory |
| lcd | Local change directory. Use with parameter "." so that you do not change back to original location from where you started sslftp. |
| lpwd | Local print current working directory - see where you are. |
| memory | Toggle remembering of preferences. |
| mdelete | Delete multiple remote files with wildcards |
| mget | Get multiple files (remote to local), with wildcards. |
| mkdir | Create remote directory. |
| mput | Put multiple files (local to remote), with wildcards. |
| open | Connect to a remote site [[username[:password]@]sitename[:port]] |
| protocol | Choose the ssl protocols to use for the next "open". |
| progress | Toggles Progress indicator, for each file transfer, includes bytes transfered and data rate, percentage. |
| prompt | Toggle confirmation requests (e.g. during mget) |
| passive | Toggle Passive Mode. Use passive mode from behind a Firewall. |
| put | Put a file up to the remote site. |
| pwd | Print remote current working directory. |
| quit | Synonym for "bye" |
| rmdir | Remove remote directory. |
| remotehelp | Display remote server help, may allow interesting commands, access them with Literal command. |
| rename | Change the name of the remote file. |
| restart | Continue downloading an interupted get operation. |
| save | Save current login details in netrc file. |
| send | Synonym for "put" |
| simple | Toggles showing FTP codes |
| status | Status of the current connection and FTP server. |
| user | Start login with this username, must have open conection but not logged in for command to work. |
| [[username[:password]@]sitename[:port]] | Optionally connect to "sitename" with username and optionall password. If not entered here you will be prompted for username/password. The symbol '@' is allowed in the password parameter. If port is 990 - 999 then implicit ftp protocol is used. |
| -a | Anonymous login, use with [sitename] to save typing |
| -asksave | Ask if you want to save login details in netrc file |
| -d | Print debug information |
| -i | Don't prompt for confirmations (e.g. during mput) |
| -implicit_port n | Specify port for implicit ftp connection (usually 990 or 996) |
| -n | Disable auto login from netrc file |
| -record filename | Record all typed commands and save them in to the file. |
| -run filename | Plays back commands saved in the file. |
| -s:filename | Same as -run option |
| -script filename | Same as -run option |
| -nossl | Don't attempt to use SSL encryption |
| -SSLv2 | Use only this Protocol for SSL layer |
| -SSLv3 | Use only this Protocol for SSL layer |
| -TLSv1 | Use only this Protocol for SSL layer |
| -version | Print version number |
run
sslftp with -? or /? or -help to see list of help commands.
FTP Transfer Mode: based of file extension (file suffix)
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MODE: ASCII
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MODE: Binary
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| Text Files: .txt .rtf | Picture Files: .jpg .jpeg .gif .png .pic .bmp .tga .tif .tiff |
| HTML Files: .html .htm .shtml .asp | Movie Files: .mov .mpg .mpeg .avi |
| Script Files: .cmd .sh .pl .bat | Audio Files: .wav .mp3 .ogg .mod .xm .s3m |
| Archive Files: .zip .Z .gz .tgz | |
| Executable Files: .exe .com .cgi |
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If you can retry the actions that you performed with
"debug" enabled (type in "debug"
